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Macy's (M): Shares are up in early trade, around 7%. The department store reported earnings and sales that beat analysts' expectations, citing a healthier inventory position after the holiday season that prompted the company to hike its outlook for the full year.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): Shares up slightly at .26%. The iconic brand is revamping its baby product line, putting more emphasis on natural ingredients. The company said it is confident that the move will reverse several years of declining sales of those products.
T. Rowe Price (TROW): Shares rallying here, around 2.8%. The stock was upgraded to "outperform" from "neutral" at Credit Suisse, which sites rising organic growth as well as better expense control at the investment firm.
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In May, T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) is covered by 16 analysts. Seven are suggesting a “hold” and three are suggesting a “strong buy” on the stock. However, four analysts have given “buy” ratings, and two are recommending a “strong sell” on T. Rowe Price.

T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) has a price-to-book ratio of ~4.3x on an NTM (next-12-months) basis compared to an average of its peers of ~1.3x. Among its competitors, State Street Corporation (STT), Invesco Limited (IVZ), and Legg Mason (LM) have price-to-book ratios of ~1.8x, 1.2x, and 0.79x, respectively, on an NTM basis.

T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) generates net revenues from investment advisory fees and administrative, distribution, and servicing fees. TROW generated total investment advisory fees of ~$1.2 billion in the first quarter compared to $992.7 million in the first quarter of 2017, reflecting a YoY (year-over-year) rise of 19.8%. Of the total investment advisory fees in the first quarter, US mutual funds contributed $832.9 million while other investment products made a contribution of $356.3 million.

For every asset manager, traditional or alternative, the total assets under management (or AUM) play a vital role in their performance. The asset management industry (XLF) is affected by global uncertainties, which impact the performance of the equity markets. The revenues of T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) depend on AUM, which is impacted by the market movements, flows, and investor sentiment.

T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) incurred total operating expenses of $744.2 million in the first quarter of 2018 compared to $610.9 million in the first quarter of 2017, which implies a rise of 21.8%. T. Rowe Price’s advertising and promotion expenses totaled $24.6 million in the first quarter compared to $25.7 million in the first quarter of 2017, implying a decline of 4.3%. This rise was mainly due to an increase in the collective investment trusts’ operating costs.

T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) exceeded analysts’ expectations on earnings per share and revenues in the first quarter. The new US tax law, which helped corporations reduce their tax liabilities, also helped T. Rowe Price realize YoY (year-over-year) growth in its diluted EPS. The company’s investment advisory revenues largely depend on its total assets under management (or AUM), which further affects its net revenues.

BlackRock (BLK) stock has risen 12.5% over the past six months and 36.3% over the past year, helped by inflows in its iShares and Retail offerings. In comparison, the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) has risen 13.0% over the past year. BlackRock’s performance in 2018 is expected to be impacted by high equity valuations, faster rate hikes, and global issues such a potential trade wars and relations with North Korea. In 2017, the company added record new flows of $367.0 billion, or ~6.0% of its total AUM (assets under management) of $6.3 trillion.

Analysts expect subdued returns for non-diversified asset managers (XLF) in 2018 compared to 2017. This trend is primarily due to high valuations of equities, rising interest rates, and shifting of funds toward commodities that result in higher input prices.

The first quarter hasn’t been a good one for asset managers. Global issues such as trade war fears, along with the expectations related to interest rates, negatively impacted the markets. When equity markets decline, the value of the holdings of asset managers (XLF) like State Street Corporation (STT), T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), BlackRock (BLK), and Invesco Limited (IVZ) also decline. This reduces the total assets under management (or AUM).

The performance of T. Rowe Price Group (TROW), a traditional asset manager, is impacted by the level of the broader equity markets. The company derives its base fees from its total assets under management (or AUM). So, global economic issues impacting the equity markets indirectly impacts the performance of asset managers (XLF) like BlackRock (BLK), State Street Corporation (STT), and Invesco (IVZ).

This growth is expected to come from ETFs and its Retail segment’s offerings, partially offset by weaker performance in the Institutional segment. ETFs are expected to see subdued flows due to outflows from debt in the first quarter.

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Argentina’s ailing currency and stock market are pounding funds managed by some of the world’s biggest investors, including Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., and Morgan Stanley, reversing some of the outsized gains they enjoyed last year. Since Argentina’s stocks represent about 19% of the benchmark MSCI Frontier Markets Index, even money managers that have positions at less than the index weighting still have significant exposure to the country’s stocks and have taken a beating.

The following is our latest Fund Analyst Report for T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund PRFDX . T. Rowe Price Equity Income has adjusted well to a manager change. Manager John Linehan has gotten off to a good start since taking over for the retiring Brian Rogers in late 2015.

The case for owning T. Rowe Price's stock is three-fold, Siegenthaler said in the upgrade note. The company is likely to see its expense growth decelerate from more than 10 percent in 2017 and 2018 to around 6 percent in 2020, Siegenthaler wrote.

T. Rowe Price Group (TROW) cut its overall stake in VMware (VMW) to 7.0% as of April 30 from 12% at the end of 2017, according to a regulatory filing made today. T. Rowe Price Associates, a unit of T. Rowe Price Group, now owns 7.4 million class-A shares of VMware, a cloud-infrastructure firm, down from 12.4 million class A shares. Privately held Dell Technologies owns 300 million class-B shares of VMware, which don't publicly trade and are convertible into class-A shares.